dvd authoring help

question... i have authored several dvd discs and they have worked fine.. but when i play them in a standard DVD player the output on a TV seems to be clipped at the top and bottom.. can anyone tell me if they have experienced the same, and what they did to correct the problem..

i am encoding divx avi's to mpg2 dvd's using tmpgenc 2.5 and then using ulead dvd moviestudio to author and burn...

i use the standard settings for the program.. if i try to modify the output size from 720x480 to say 720x448 when i try to author the disc i get an error saying that the mpeg2 file isnt encoded to the dvd standard.

Your video settings are OK, but you sometimes have to change the advanced settings depending on your original movie.
What is the aspect ratio of your original? Is it 16:9 or 4:3?
I do like to get them to match the original in this screen and the video settings also.

The problem could be the fact that the movies are 640 x 480 and Tmpgenc is converting them to 720x480. Also if the framerate is 23 and you are converting it to NTSC which is 29. something, you'll likely experience prorblems here unless you modify certain settings in tmpgenc.
I feel that at this point you should under teh advanced settings change the aspect ratio to match the type of movie it is:
4:3 for full frame
16:9 for widescreen
and try that.

here is some things i found helpful... so you know.. i will try other things.. and keep you posted..

if the anime film allowed me to actually encode it at 720x480 (some failed to be converted but i think this was an audio stream conversion failure not a video stream conversion failure)..

how i got it to fit on a standard NTSC dispaly (tv etc) was to do 2 things

first go in to tmpeg under the output settings and pick the check box marked clip frame.. and then went in and made sure i didnt change the settings.. i.e. left it at 0 0 0 0 (top bottom right left) and then picked centered (keep aspect ratio).. when i just went to the standard window and picked centered (keep aspect ratio) it didnt completely work for me... i dont know why...

the other things i want to try for the videos that wouldnt convert properly.. is to use the 3:2 reverse pulldown.. which keeps the film at 23fps and converts it to 29+ at play time from the 23fps stream, and do the clipping.. i think this will help me out alot... i will keep you all updated..